Sister Smerilli, a member of the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, succeeds Cardinal Michael Czerny, 79, who has led the ...

Sister Alessandra Smerilli was second-in-command in the office under the outgoing Cardinal Michael Czerny, a Jesuit appointed ...

Pope Leo XIV has named Sr. Alessandra Smerilli prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, the Vatican announced June 30, making her the latest woman elevated to lead a major ...

Hope Border Institute Executive Director Dylan Corbett is among four U.S. Catholics Pope Leo XIV has tapped to serve in the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. “It was an ...

Salesian Sister Alessandra Smerilli has been appointed by Pope Francis as the secretary of the Vatican's Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) VATICAN CITY (CNS) ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican’s office for integral human development is rethinking its work in light of the implementation of Pope Francis’ curial reform, its prefect and secretary said Thursday.

The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development published this graphic Dec. 14, 2023, marking the release of Pope Francis' message for World Peace Day Jan. 1, 2024. (CNS photo/Dicastery for ...

The Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life have jointly published a new document offering guidelines for families related to the care ...

A true system of global sustainable development hinges on recognizing others as siblings in a shared world whose dignity and rights must take precedence over corporate interests, said a top Vatican ...

Pope Leo has appointed new leaders for the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, naming Sister Alessandra ...